By: Carona S.B. No. 144 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the qualifications for a license or provisional license 1-3 to practice chiropractic. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 201.309, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(A), an applicant who 1-8 was originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state 1-9 or foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a 1-10 provisional license because the state or foreign country did not 1-11 have a licensing requirement substantially equivalent to the 1-12 requirements of Section 201.302(a)(3). 1-13 SECTION 2. Section 201.310, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-14 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-15 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), an applicant who was 1-16 originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state or 1-17 foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a 1-18 license because the applicant has not met the requirements of 1-19 Section 201.302(a)(3). 1-20 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-21 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to the 1-22 eligibility for a license or provisional license to practice 1-23 chiropractic of a person who files an application on or after the 1-24 effective date of this Act. The eligibility for a license or 1-25 provisional license to practice chiropractic of a person who files 2-1 an application before the effective date of this Act is governed by 2-2 the law in effect on the date the application is filed, and the 2-3 former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-4 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 2-5 Amend S.B. No. 144 as follows: 2-6 (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 301.309(g), 2-7 Occupations Code, between "201.302(a)(3)" and the period (Senate 2-8 Engrossment page 1, line 12), insert the following: 2-9 "if the applicant has at least 20 years' experience in the practice 2-10 of chiropractic. A person to whom a provisional license is issued 2-11 under this subsection must comply with the requirements of Section 2-12 201.302(a)(3) not later than the third anniversary of the date the 2-13 provisional license is issued". 2-14 (2) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (Senate Engrossment page 1, 2-15 lines 13-19) and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly. 2-16 (3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) (Senate 2-17 Engrossment page 1, line 21, through page 2, line 3) and substitute 2-18 the following: 2-19 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to the 2-20 eligibility for a provisional license to practice chiropractic of a 2-21 person who files an application on or after the effective date of 2-22 this Act. The eligibility for a provisional license to practice 2-23 chiropractic of a person who files an application before the 2-24 effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 2-25 date the application is filed, and the former law is continued in 2-26 effect for that purpose. 3-1 Glaze